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Ummamah bint Abi al-As bin al-Rabi' bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf, and her mother was Zaynab bint Rasul Allah (peace be upon him). He had a son from her, the middle 'Umayd, who had no offspring. He had a son from [his wife] Bint Ja'far al-Nafiyah, the elder 'Umayd. He had daughters from various mothers, including Umm Hishn and Ramlah al-Kubra from Umm [her mother]. And his sons were fourteen, and his daughters were from Bint Urwah. None of his sons had offspring except five: al-Hasan, al-Husayn, Muhammad bin al-Nafiyah, al-Abbas, and 'Umar.

The mention of al-Hasan handing over the matter to Mu'awiyah. Before his death, Ali had sworn allegiance to forty thousand of his soldiers to die. He began to prepare to fight Mu'awiyah. Upon his death, al-Hasan was sworn allegiance to. He sent his army to al-Sham to Mu'awiyah. Al-Hasan prepared for this war, to which they had sworn allegiance. He moved from Kufa to meet Mu'awiyah. He reached al-Mada'in and appointed Qays bin Sa'd as his vanguard with twelve thousand men. It was said that he appointed 'Ubayd Allah bin Abbas as his vanguard. A sedition occurred in his army before the battle. They disputed with al-Hasan over what he had under him. He entered the white pavilion in al-Mada'in, and the army became more fearful and panicked. Seeing this, al-Hasan wrote to Mu'awiyah, stipulating conditions for peace. He said: "I will hand over the caliphate to you on the condition that you..." He answered: "Yes." What al-Hasan stipulated was that Mu'awiyah would give him what was in the treasury and the revenue of Dara al-Jurd from Persia, and that he would not curse Ali. He would not curse Ali. He agreed to that, and then he did not fulfill it. It was said that he received six hundred thousand dirhams, and nothing from the revenue of Dara al-Jurd reached him. Mu'awiyah entered Kufa, and people swore allegiance to him. Al-Hasan wrote to Qays bin Sa'd, ordering him to enter into obedience to Mu'awiyah. Then correspondence took place between Qays and 'Ubayd Allah bin Abbas and Mu'awiyah. The end of the matter was that they swore allegiance to him, and stipulated that they would not demand blood or [anything else]. Mu'awiyah fulfilled that for them. Al-Hasan remained in Medina and his family. It was said that al-Hasan handed over the caliphate to Mu'awiyah in Rabi' al-Awwal of the year 41 AH, or in Jumada al-Ula. According to this, his caliphate lasted five months and a few days, or thirty days. Al-Hasan abdicated the caliphate. Al-Hasan remained in Medina until he died there in Rabi' al-Awwal of the year 49 AH. He was born in Medina in the year 3 AH. He was older than al-Husayn by one year. Al-Hasan married many women and was a divorcer. He had fifteen children. He said: "I will give it to my mother, Mu'awiyah, or it was said to Yazid bin Mu'awiyah, and he promised her that he would marry her if she did that." [The rest of the text is illegible]

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